Non-Admin Users and Disk Utility

dark seraph

Is there a way to bypass the admin account/password entry when using Disk Utility to erase CDRW or zip drives?



I see the precaution in not letting nonadmin users nuke a system, however some people come in thinking mmm,..CD-RWs! and it begins to be a pain having to login for them...



any ideas?

durandal

Quote:

Originally posted by Dark Seraph

Is there a way to bypass the admin account/password entry when using Disk Utility to erase CDRW or zip drives?



I see the precaution in not letting nonadmin users nuke a system, however some people come in thinking mmm,..CD-RWs! and it begins to be a pain having to login for them...



any ideas?

Hi,



I've written a little AppleScript to do that. First, a little...



...WARNING: This script hasn't been fully tested

yet - if you deceide to test it, this is done at your own risk



Open a new file in the script editor, paste the script code, insert your

admin password at the "thePasswd" line and save it as an application

(w/o startup screen and as a run-only app).



Another warning: Saving the script as a run-only

protects it from being opened in the script editor. But anyone with some

computer knowledge will be able to read the admin password from the

script file by opening it in some editor such as BBEdit, for example.



Okay, and now that we're through with that - here's the script.



Greetings!

durandal



P.S.: If there are any errors/problems/questions, post'em here or mail me (or both, whatever )

Code:

global diskName

global theFormat

property thePasswd : "yourpassword" -- insert your admin passwd here



on run

getDiskNameAndData()

eraseDisk()

end run



on getDiskNameAndData()

tell application "Finder"

set VolumeList to name of (every disk whose ejectable = true)





set diskName to item 1 of (choose from list VolumeList with prompt "Choose a disk to erase..." without empty selection allowed and multiple selections allowed)



if (format of disk diskName) is in {Mac OS format, Mac OS Extended format, UFS format} then

if (format of disk diskName) as text = "Mac OS format" then set theFormat to "HFS"

if (format of disk diskName) as text = "Mac OS Extended format" then set theFormat to "HFS+"

if (format of disk diskName) as text = "UFS format" then set theFormat to "UFS"

else

display dialog "Sorry, but the selected disk isn't formatted with a supported file system (supported systems are Mac OS, Mac OS Extended and UFS)" buttons "OK" default button 1

return false

end if

end tell

end getDiskNameAndData







on eraseDisk()

activate me



display dialog "Do you really want to ERASE the Volume \\"" & diskName & "\\"? This cannot be reverted!" with icon caution



display dialog "Please stand by while the Volume is erased - a dialog will appear as soon as process is completed..." buttons {"Go"} default button 1

try

do shell script "diskutil eraseVolume " & theFormat & " " & diskName & " /Volumes/" & diskName password thePasswd with administrator privileges

on error errmsg number errnum

display dialog "An error occured while trying to erase the volume!



Error Text: " & errmsg & "



Error Number: " & errnum buttons "Sh**!" default button 1 with icon stop

return false

end try



display dialog "The disk has been successfully erased!" buttons "OK" default button 1

end eraseDisk

dark seraph

Found something else made by Carnegie Melon University:



(not fully test on pather they say)



http://www.macosxlabs.org/tools_and_...s_archive.html



let me know if it works if anyone beats me to it...

dark seraph

Found something else made by Carnegie Melon University:



(not fully test on pather they say)



http://www.macosxlabs.org/tools_and_...s_archive.html



let me know if it works if anyone beats me to it...